This dialog allows you to set model properties that affect code generation.
Model - General
Entity Framework Version Specify the version of Entity Framework that will be used for your model. One of the following versions can be selected: 3.5, 4.x, 5 and 6. Entity Container The Entity Container containing all instances of entities for the Entity Data Model. Namespace The namespace of the conceptual model. Model classes will be put into this namespace when generating code. Metadata Artifact Processing Specifies whether to put model and mapping files (.csdl, .ssdl, and .msl files) into the output folder or embed them into an output assembly. Access Set the accessibility level of the DataContext class here. Include foreign key columns in the model Specify whether to include foreign key columns in the model. Not available for Entity Framework 1. Detect function-based column default value Defines whether columns having a function-based default value are interpreted as Identity. View Generation If selected, code for pre-generating views will be added, thus decreasing the first query execution time. Otherwise, the dynamic view generation will be performed when query is executed. That may have a serious negative impact on performance, when the first query is executed on a large model.
Validate On Build Select this check box to validate the model on build. Lazy Loading Enabled Select this check box to turn on Lazy Loading in your projects. Preserve schema name in storage If checked, preserves the name of the schema for model objects when they are added from the database. Detect Many-To-Many associations Select this check box to turn on the detection of many-to-many associations in your model. Detect Table Per Type inheritances Specifies whether inheritances of this type should be detected in the model automatically. Use database comments Determines whether comments for database objects, if supported by DBMS, will be used for model objects Documentation initialization and taken into account when executing model or database update operations. Save connection settings in App.Config (Web.Config) as Specifies whether the connection string should be saved in App.Config (or Web.Config) and allows specifying its name. If the check box is deselected, the connection string is specified explicitly in the model class constructor.
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Model - General - Initialization
Class Initialization This grid displays and allows managing the automatically added properties. Add Pressing this button calls the Property Editor dialog box that allows you to configure the automatically added property. Edit Pressing this button calls the Property Editor dialog box that allows you to change settings of the automatically added property. Remove Pressing this button deletes the selected property. Property Initialization Options that will be automatically set when creating a new property. Precision Defines the Precision property value for entity properties being created. Scale Defines the Scale property value for entity properties being created. Max Length Defines the Max Length property value for entity properties being created. Default Unicode Defines the Unicode property value for entity properties being created and having string data type. Concurrency Check Defines the concurrency mode for entity properties being created.
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Model - Attributes
.NET attribute types used for specifying the model object attributes Displays and allows managing assemblies and attributes types.
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Model - Extended Properties
Association Allows adding/removing extended properties for an association of the model. To add a custom property, click the Add button and edit its name, type and default value. Class Allows adding/removing extended properties for a class of the model. To add a custom property, click the Add button and edit its name, type and default value. The following properties are template-defined and can't be removed or edited. If the model contains the Repository and Unit of Work template, the GenerateRepository property is added to the Extended properties. If the model contains the MVC Controller template, the GenerateController property is added to the Extended properties. If the model contains the MVC View Advanced template, the GenerateView property is added to the Extended properties. Complex Type Allows adding/removing extended properties for the complex type of the model. To add a custom property, click the Add button and edit its name, type and default value. Enum Type Allows adding/removing extended properties for an enumerated type of the model. To add a custom property, click the Add button and edit its name, type and default value. Context Model Allows adding/removing extended properties for the context of the model. To add a custom property, click the Add button and edit its name, type and default value. Method Allows adding/removing extended properties for a method of the model. To add a custom property, click the Add button and edit its name, type and default value. Property Allows adding/removing extended properties for a class property in the model. To add a custom property, click the Add button and edit its name, type and default value. Relation Property Allows adding/removing extended properties for the relation property of the model. To add a custom property, click the Add button and edit its name, type and default value. Enum Type Member Allows adding/removing extended properties for an enum type member of the model. To add a custom property, click the Add button and edit its name, type and default value.
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Synchronization - Model Naming
The Model Naming page is divided in two sections - Class and Method Names and Class Properties' Names. The options presented in both sections allow changing the names of classes, methods or their properties by adding or removing suffixes, prefixes etc. Case Changes the case of the letters in the name. Can take the following values: Unchanged Does not change the case. Capitalized The first letter of the entity name and the first letter after each underscore in the table name will be uppercase, other letters will be lowercase. FirstLetterUppercase The name of an entity begins with a capital letter, case of other letters will not be changed. Lower All letters in the name of an entity are converted to lower case. Upper All letters in the name of an entity are converted to upper case. Remove Prefix(es) Removes specified prefix(es). Remove Suffix(es) Removes specified suffix(es). Add Prefix Adds specified prefix. Add Suffix Adds specified suffix. Pluralization Unchanged Does not change the number. Singularize Singularizes class, method or class property name. Pluralize Pluralizes class, method or class property name. Remove underscore Select this check box to remove underscores from the names of tables, views, columns and stored procedures when generating names for the corresponding model objects. EntitySet Pluralization This option can be used for Entity Framework models, as their classes have the EntitySet property. It defines the property name generated in the context class. This name is automatically built upon the class name, in case it is not set manually. This option defines the way of composing this name. By default the name is pluralized. Unchanged Does not change the number. Singularize Singularizes classes' name. Pluralize Pluralizes classes' name. Pluralize collection navigation properties Provides the possibility to turn on and off the pluralization of the many-end names of associations. Add constraint details to navigation properties Select this check box to add a suffix with column names, by which the foreign key constraint is created in the data source, to the corresponding navigation property name when generating a class with navigation properties from a data source table. Add schema as prefix Select this check box to add schema name as a prefix to entity and method names. The Example area fields show the current and expected name in the corresponding Original and Becomes fields.
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Synchronization - Database Naming
The Database Naming page is divided in two sections - Table and Procedure Names and Table Columns' Names. The options presented in both sections allow to change the names of database objects and their members by adding or removing suffixes, prefixes etc. Case Changes the case of the letters in the name. Can take the following values: Unchanged Does not change the case. Capitalized The first letter of the entity name and the first letter after each underscore in the table name will be uppercase, other letters will be lowercase. FirstLetterUppercase The name of an entity begins with a capital letter, case of other letters will not be changed. Lower All letters in the name of an entity are converted to lower case. Upper All letters in the name of an entity are converted to upper case. Remove Prefix(es) Removes specified prefix(es). Remove Suffix(es) Removes specified suffix(es). Add Prefix Adds specified prefix. Add Suffix Adds specified suffix. Pluralization Unchanged Does not change the number. Singularize Singularizes entities or entity members' name. Pluralize Pluralizes entity or entity members' name. Remove underscore Select this check box to remove underscores from the names of the generated tables, views, and columns. In the Example section, the current and expected names are shown in the corresponding Original and Becomes fields.
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Synchronization - Mapping
Enable automatic synchronization of the storage part and mapping of the model with its conceptual part. Enables synchronization between the conceptual model and the storage part without storage part re-generation. Target Server Specifies the database server. Server Version Specifies the version of the database server. Target Schema Specifies the default schema of the database server. Data Provider Specifies the ADO.NET data provider used to connect to the server.
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